Results 1,186 to 1,192 of 1192
-
20th June 2020, 07:23 PM #1186SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Jun 2009
- Location
- Elizabeth Bay / Oberon NSW
- Age
- 76
- Posts
- 934
-
20th June 2020 07:23 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Age
- 2010
- Posts
- Many
-
20th June 2020, 07:50 PM #1187.
- Join Date
- Feb 2006
- Location
- Perth
- Posts
- 27,792
-
20th June 2020, 08:32 PM #1188
Thank you for taking the time to read the whole thread! I know it has turned into a written marathon but it evolved with the shed and the trials and tribulations within it? I don’t have a lathe having always claimed that it would make me giddy, but there have been been many ideas and suggestions in the DC section of this forum that are worth checking out. If there’s anything I can do to help though please just ask?
a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
20th July 2020, 09:11 PM #1189
I’ve had a long term plan to make a model of the aircraft my father flew in during WW2. He flew in Halifaxes of 466 Squadron RAAF. A few weeks ago through serendipitous circumstances, I met a very proficient modeller who offered to do it for me. I thought about it for a nano second, said yes and handed over the kits, research and accessories. The model is not yet finished but the progress can best be described as stunning.
Rather than completely abdicating my role in this, even though I hadn’t built a plastic kit in 55 years, I am making models of the servicing vehicles that would have been gathered around the Halifax prior to a mission.
So, I have borrowed some equipment (thanks NCArcher), bought a few things and improvised the rest. I am airbrushing rather than brushing and hence I needed a ventilated cabinet. Now, as the long suffering readers of this thread know, I have a ducted dust collecting system in the shed and the now redundant hood from my mitre saw. Voila, I cobbled the 2 together and I had my airbrushing cabinet....
Attachment 477311
My woodworking dust collecting system is ‘pretty good’ for woodworking but NOW FOR THE CAUTIONARY TALE, it is far too good for modelling and airbrushing. I am currently bum up and head down searching in the cyclone drum for the 6 remaining bits of the kit that were sucked off their painting sticks into the exhaust!a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
20th July 2020, 09:14 PM #1190
A cautionary tale..... I think the third?
I’ve had a long term plan to make a model of the aircraft my father flew in during WW2. He flew in Halifaxes of 466 Squadron RAAF. A few weeks ago through serendipitous circumstances, I met a very proficient modeller who offered to do it for me. I thought about it for a nano second, said yes and handed over the kits, research and accessories. The model is not yet finished but the progress can best be described as stunning.
Rather than completely abdicating my role in this, even though I hadn’t built a plastic kit in 55 years, I am making models of the servicing vehicles that would have been gathered around the Halifax prior to a mission.
So, I have borrowed some equipment (thanks NCArcher), bought a few things and improvised the rest. I am airbrushing rather than brushing and hence I needed a ventilated cabinet. Now, as the long suffering readers of this thread know, I have a ducted dust collecting system in the shed and the now redundant hood from my mitre saw. Voila, I cobbled the 2 together and I had my airbrushing cabinet....
189A755F-4F52-4CF0-ADED-AD3F1F814F6D.jpeg
My woodworking dust collecting system is ‘pretty good’ for woodworking but NOW FOR THE CAUTIONARY TALE, it is far too good for modelling and airbrushing. I am currently bum up and head down searching in the cyclone drum for the 6 remaining bits of the kit that were sucked off their painting sticks into the exhaust!a rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
-
21st July 2020, 02:30 PM #1191.
- Join Date
- Feb 2006
- Location
- Perth
- Posts
- 27,792
I realise you are using the redundant hood from the mitre saw but for working on small parts and small amounts of vapours not much flow is required. To save yourself spending time looking in the dust bin for parts covering the air inlets with fly wire would be all that is needed. For anyone intending to build a dedicated system for such fumes and dust, extraction from the top of the hood is the way to go. This has the added advantage of leaving the bench top free to store more crap and mess.
-
22nd November 2020, 01:17 PM #1192GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Location
- In between houses
- Posts
- 1,784
Just making a comment to get this back up on the new posts list
Similar Threads
-
Mrs Blackie & Fletty
By wheelinround in forum Hatches, Matches & Dispatches. Birthday greetings and other Touchie-feelie stuff.Replies: 5Last Post: 15th January 2012, 11:15 PM -
Container Of Memories Retrospective Exhibition
By thumbsucker in forum ANNOUNCEMENTSReplies: 5Last Post: 20th June 2010, 07:36 PM -
For Fletty
By wheelinround in forum WOODTURNING - GENERALReplies: 6Last Post: 28th April 2010, 08:32 AM -
Retrospective
By bdar in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNINGReplies: 12Last Post: 10th December 2008, 10:53 PM -
Workbench build diary (retrospective)
By oldbeamer in forum THE WORK BENCHReplies: 29Last Post: 14th May 2008, 03:59 PM